Job Description

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Manager - Banking & Capital Markets (Accounting & Reporting)
Role Summary
As a Manager in FAAS - Accounting & Reporting, you will lead engagements for banking and capital markets clients, solving complex financial reporting challenges under IFRS with an emphasis on financial instruments (IFRS 9), disclosures (IFRS 7), and end-to-end financial statement preparation. You'll coordinate multi-disciplinary teams, shape technical positions, and drive high-quality deliverables that meet client, regulatory, and internal quality expectations.
You'll operate in a regional model that supports multiple markets (primarily MENA), bringing sector depth and delivery excellence to banking clients undergoing reporting change, regulatory scrutiny, and finance modernization.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Accounting & Financial Reporting (Banking focus)

• Lead IFRS 9 workstreams: classification & measurement (including SPPI), effective interest rate (EIR) computations, hedge accounting considerations, and expected credit loss (ECL) methodologies in partnership with client risk/credit teams; author/review technical position papers and disclosure memos.
• Drive financial statement preparation (banking templates), note disclosures under IFRS 7/IFRS 9, and period-end close support; coordinate tie-out and disclosure checklists to ensure completeness and consistency.
• Prepare or review accounting policy manuals and technical accounting papers on complex/novel transactions (e.g., derecognition, modifications, POCI assets) relevant to banks and NBFIs.

Regulatory Reporting Support

• Support clients in regulatory reporting processes (e.g., periodic returns and templates), working with finance and regulatory teams to align accounting outputs with regulatory data needs and timelines; prepare filing-ready packs and controls documentation.

Quality, Controls & Documentation

• Establish engagement-level quality plans, ICOFR/SOX-relevant workpapers, and audit-ready evidence across judgmental areas (ECL assumptions, overlays, staging triggers, significant increase in credit risk).

Client Leadership & Delivery

• Serve as day-to-day engagement manager-scope, plan, and deliver projects; manage budgets, risks, and issue resolution; communicate progress and insights to senior client stakeholders.
• Shape proposals and write points-of-view on emerging reporting topics (e.g., IBOR transition impacts on hedge accounting; disclosure trends).

Methods, Data & Tools

• Champion the use of accelerators (e.g., IFRS 9 Impairment Analyzer) and data-enabled workflows across close, disclosure, and ECL computation processes; drive adoption of analytics/visualization where appropriate (Power BI, Alteryx).

Candidate Profile
Must-Have Qualifications

• Chartered Accountant (CA) or equivalent (CPA/ACCA) with 6-9 years of post-qualification experience, including strong exposure to banking financial reporting and instruments.
• Deep working knowledge of IFRS 9/IFRS 7 and practical application in banks (classification & measurement, ECL, hedge accounting, derecognition), with a track record of drafting technical memos and financial statement disclosures.
• Demonstrated experience managing multi-stakeholder projects and coaching teams in a fast-paced, cross-border delivery model.

Preferred Experience

• Hands-on support for regulatory reports/regulator interaction (in collaboration with client teams).
• Exposure to IBOR transition accounting, treasury products, and hedge documentation/effectiveness assessment.
• Familiarity with data/analytics tools (Power BI/Alteryx) to support disclosure tie-outs, variance analysis, and ECL dashboards.

Core Competencies

• Technical Excellence: IFRS interpretation, judgment on materiality and disclosures, articulation of alternatives and preferred views.
• Project Management: Planning, budgeting, RAID management, stakeholder communications, and on-time delivery.
• People Leadership: Coaching seniors/AMs, objective setting, and feedback culture; ability to scale teams during peaks.
• Client Centricity: Ability to translate regulatory and market changes into clear reporting impacts and actionable plans.

Key Deliverables & Success Measures (first 12 months)

• On-time delivery of A&R workstreams for at least 2-3 banking clients with CSAT ? target and zero critical quality issues.
• Signed-off technical positions across IFRS 9 topics (staging, overlays, modifications) and complete, consistent note disclosures at year-end.
• Process uplift: implementation of at least one accelerator (e.g., IFRS 9 analyzer or automated disclosure checklist) that reduces cycle time or review rework.
• Team development: documented mentoring plan and capability uplift across juniors in banking A&R (e.g., structured IFRS 9 learning path coverage).

Working Model & Travel

• Hybrid working with flexibility to collaborate across time zones; short travel for client workshops or quarter-/year-end support when required.

Why this role (for candidates)

• You will operate at the intersection of banking and technical accounting, solving some of the most challenging reporting problems for leading institutions-backed by proven FAAS delivery patterns and sector assets in Banking & Capital Markets.

References used for alignment

• JD_Senior Manager_FAAS (internal FAAS A&R role language and structure).
• MENA - Manager, Generic (regional model and manager-level expectations).
• GDS FAAS Overview Deck_June.pptx (banking IFRS 9 scope, hedge accounting, tools & analytics).
• GDS MENA FAAS - Capabilities and Credentials - prepreration.pptx (A&R services, regulatory reporting, technical papers).
• IFRS 9 tools.pdf (accelerators: IFRS 9 Impairment Analyzer).

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